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Bissett, Bill, 1939-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939-

Nationality

Canadian

Found in 247 Collections and/or Records:

pass th food release th spirit book, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-20944-21353
Scope and Contents

In this book, the poem "Quebec Bombers" as Jack David describes it, "begins with the phrase "dirty concrete poet' repeated twice, then changes to "the concrete is dirty dirty,' "sum like it clean what dew they ooo.' . . . the comparison presents the clean ordered life of a capitalist system and the dirty chaotic life of the lower classes." [Lori Emerson internet 2011]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Plutonium Missing, 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-21118-21527
Scope and Contents

There were 1450 copies of this book bound in soft covers and 50 copies bound in hard covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Radiashun Collaps / bissett, bill., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-22301-22724
Scope and Contents

The poems deals with anti-watching of television. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Re: Views: Re: Sponses - A Collection of "Visual" Criticism / curry, jw; Adler J; And M; andley G; bissett b; Bukowski C; Caruso B; Nichol bp; Dedora B; Furnival J; Laba M; lefler P; levy da; Maki W; Truhlar R; Zappa F; Brouillette J; curry jw; higgins kg; lore q; Walmsley T; Coleman V; Eckert R; Zibens M., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-30951-32407
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of reviews of books and poems by various authors that have been done by curry in visual/verbal imagery. Each review is produced on a single page. The books from this manuscript were published by Jumbo Plums and Runaway Spoon Press in 1991. A few of the reviews have been redone, e.g, Furnival, Bulowski and Walmsley, since their original manuscripts are already held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Re: Views: Re: Sponses / curry, jw; Adler J; And M; andley G; bissett b; Bukowski C; Caruso B; Nichol bp; Dedora B; Furnival J; Laba M; lefler P; levy da; Maki W; Truhlar R; Zappa F; Brouillette J; curry jw; higgins kg; lore q; Zibens M., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-20335-20732
Scope and Contents

The pages consist of reviews of books and poems by various authors that have been done by curry in visual/verbal imagery. Each review is produced on a single page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Ready for Framing / bissett, bill., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-24186-24638
Scope and Contents

These black and white prints are based on line drawing done in bissett's typical style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Red Cat of Reason (Barking Too) / levy, d.a. ; bissett b ; Heilbrun S ; Scott JR., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-07249-7392
Scope and Contents

In a reprinted mimeographed letter from levy to neal emerson, editor of Love, levy writes: "...- just sent you 2lbs of poetry mags etc & wish you luck - i cant take it here much longer & hope ill be leaving the city in one way or another very soon - i just wan to let you know that when you get busted for trying to communicate, when you get busted for trying to love... some catholic is going to get a nice paying promotion into the city hierarchy - so your blood wasnt a complete waste - yrs in the slow death d.a. levy.Some of these poems were published previously, e.g., red lady, the madiason envelope, etc.According to a letter from Alan Horvath, the publisher of this book, most copies including the Sackner copy were printed with a blue flip cover with a red image. A rarer copy had a brown cover with a black image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

scars on th seehors / bissett, bill., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33924-35596
Scope and Contents

bissett made a line drawing on the title page for the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999